7 Habits That Wrecks Your Teeth

Beaming with a sweet smile that is adorable comes with a good set of teeth…which makes taking great care of that part of the body very necessary.

Here are some of the common things we enjoy doing with our teeth which we have little or no idea the damage it does;

Chewing on Ice
It’s organic and also mister free, to think ice will be benign. However munching on difficult, iced cubes can chip or even crack your the teeth. In case your brainless chomping irritates your delicate structure in the tooth, typical toothaches might follow. Very hot food items and also chilly food items might bring about rapid, sharpened jabs connected with pain or maybe a lingering toothache. The next occasion you get your need for ice, chew on many sugarless chewing gum instead.

Bedtime Bottles
It’s never too early or late to protect your teeth. Offering your baby some sort of going to bed bottle regarding liquid, dairy, or solution, may put completely new enamel on a path to corrosion. The little one can become used to dropping off to sleep with the bottle in his or her lips, bathing tooth in sugar instantaneously. Make sure you hold baby bottles out of your baby crib. And for adults, never chew or take liquids, especially sugar-based liquids when you are ready for bed except you will not mind brushing all over again.

Cough Drops
Surprised? Just because cough drops are sold in the medicine aisle doesn’t mean they’re healthy. Most are loaded with sugar. So after soothing your throat with a lozenge, be sure to brush well. Whether the sugar comes from a cough drop or a hard candy, it reacts with the sticky plaque that coats your teeth. Then bacteria in the plaque convert the sugar into an acid that eats away at tooth enamel.

Opening Stuffs With Your Mouth
Cracking open container lids or plastic-type presentation using your teeth might be hassle-free, but this can be one behavior that makes dental practices cringe. Utilizing your teeth seeing that methods could make them fracture or computer chip. As a substitute, keep scissors along with container openers practical.

Fruit Juice

Fruit juice is loaded with vitamin products in addition to antioxidants, although sad to say many state of mind are also loaded with sweets. Many state of mind will surely have all the sweets for each helping since soft drinks.  Fruits usually are naturally special, consequently search for liquid which includes no additional sweets. It’s also possible to slow up the sweets content simply by diluting liquid with some drinking water.

Potato Chips

Your microbes within plaque will break up starchy ingredients straight into acidity. That acidity can invade a tooth for 20 minutes or even longer.  Sometimes, the grains of chips can be stuck between enamel sticking to it for a really long time. You might want to floss right after feeding on french fries or additional starchy ingredients that will tend to find stocked in the enamel.

Smoking

Smokes, along with cigarette smoking merchandise, can make your pearly white teeth to be discoloured as well as lead them to drop out as a result of teeth sickness. Cigarettes also can trigger cancer in the oral cavity, mouth, as well as tongue. When you had been looking for an additional reason to stop, imagine your look.
Can you see now? Great teeth are not hard to come by. Just like your face and every other part of your body that you count important, your teeth are also an important part of your body also, so take good care of it!

Confab gets INEC ballot boxes for voting

Delegates to the ongoing National Conference in Abuja are waiting to vote on the report of the Committee on Devolution of Power.

Surprisingly, the leadership of the conference has placed two ballot boxes, borrowed from the Independent National Electoral Commission, strategically before the delegates for the exercise on Tuesday.
Before going for a short break, the Chairman of the conference, retired Justice Idris Kutigi, told the delegates not to be intimated by the ballot boxes.
He said the confab secretariat was getting ready for “any eventuality, but we hope we will reach consensus on everything.”

Brothers Rape Housewife In Lagos

Wonders they say shall never cease to happen. Such was the case of two brothers of the same parents, Ifeanyi Amos, 30 and Joseph Amos, 24, who were arraigned before a Magistrates’ court sitting in Ejigbo for allegedly raping a 23-year-old housewife in their Egbe-Ikotun home, Lagos, southwest Nigeria.

It was gathered that the suspects allegedly raped and obtained N400,000 from the victim who is a recharge card seller, while she was going to market to buy cards in the area.
They reportedly accosted the victim on the way and lured her into Ifeanyi’s house at 6, Ariwa street, Council bus stop, Egbe-Ikotun where they forcefully had carnal knowledge of her.
Thereafter, they allegedly stole the money she had intended to use to buy recharge cards.

P.M.NEWS reports that the brothers threatened to kill the victim if she told her husband and the police what happened, after which they sent her away.
Police source informed that when the victim could not bear the trauma, she eventually told her husband what happened.

“since the incident happened, I have been traumatised and besides, I cannot allow my husband to touch me until certain traditional rites are performed otherwise deaths may occur in the family,” the victim said.

The matter was reported at Ikotun Police Division and the suspects were arrested and charged to court.
When they were initially arraigned, both accused pleaded not guilty and the court granted them bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.
They were eventually remanded in prison custody when they could not perfect their bail condition.
The prosecutor, Mr Femi Adeleye, sought the permission of the court to send the file to DPP for advice and it was granted.

The DPP advised that the suspects should face trial for the alleged offenses of rape and stealing under the Criminal Code.

Consequently, the presiding Magistrate, Mr P.E. Nwaka adjourned the matter for trial.

Foods for healthy eyes, better vision

Carrots: These orange coloured vegetables are packed with beta carotene (carotene actually comes from carrots, hence the name) and antioxidants to help fight degenerative eye diseases such as cataracts and macular diseases. They are easy to add to any dish or salad, but if you don’t like them whole or solid, carrot juice is a great option. After all, most food supplements or child drinks have carrot juice as a main ingredient.

Bell peppers: Bell peppers are excellent sources of vitamin C, a crucial element for keeping a healthy vision. Also, they are high in antioxidants and other vitamins that will protect your eyes.

They can be eaten fresh in salads, sauces, and sandwiches or cooked in stews or even an addition for meat plateaus or steaks. They are the ideal ingredient for having great eyesight.

Poultry meats — turkey, chicken or ostrich: Poultry is the lean and healthy substitute for the red, fatty meats you usually come across in dishes, including beef, pork or lamb. Ostrich meat is also packed with zinc, potassium, proteins and iron which are key elements for having excellent eyesight. Zinc is a crucial mineral found in the retina and it causes enzyme production which is related to having healthy eyes. Also, iron helps fight ocular degeneration, keeping eyes healthy even during old age. Turkey and chicken also have high amounts of zinc, but as a plus, are also rich in a variety of vitamins such as Vitamin B, niacin and vitamin E. These are essential in fighting cataracts and other debilitating eye diseases.

Spinach: Spinach is literally packed with almost every vitamin out there, but the key components are vitamin C, lutein, zeaxanthin and beta carotene. Also, spinach has a high concentration of antioxidants that will help fight macular degeneration. Zeaxanthin and lutein increase the pigment density in the macular area, which acts as a natural sunscreen for the eyes, absorbing 40 to 90 per cent of the dangerous blue light spectrum rays.

Sweet potatoes: Here comes another high beta carotene food for great vision. The bright orange coloured flesh of these vegetables is packed with this important element.

Fish — salmon and sardines: Fish, in general, has high amounts of healthy omega 3 fats, essential for any healthy lifestyle. But salmon and sardines are even better, having a higher amount of omega 3 fats, which will ensure a healthy vision. Omega 3 fats work by protecting the tiny blood vessels that surrounds and are buried in the eyeball.

Source: fitnea.com

16-Year-Old Teenager Stabs His Friend To Death With A Pair Of Scissors (See Why)

A 16-year-old teenager was on Monday remanded at the Special Correctional Centre for Boys in Oregun, Lagos by an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly killing his friend, Bidemi Bankole.

The Prosecutor, DSP Etim Nkankuk, told the court that the teenager killed Bankole when the deceased visited him at his work place on June 15 at about 6.15p.m.
He said that the deceased, aged 18, met the accused cutting papers with a scissors. “The deceased complained of heat in the place and asked his host to switch on the fan.
“The breeze from the fan blew away the papers on the table.
“Consequently, the two friends had an argument which led to a fight, and the accused stabbed Bankole on his stomach with a pair of scissors,” he said.
Nkankuk said the accused was arrested after an eyewitness reported the incident at a police station.

The prosecutor said that the body of the deceased had been deposited at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital　mortuary, Ikeja, for autopsy.
He said that the offence contravened Section 221 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011
Section 221 prescribes death sentence for anyone convicted of murder.
The  court did not take the plea of the teenage apprentice in a printing press.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs A.A. Demi-Ajayi, said that the 16-year-old should remain in custody pending advice of the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions.
She adjourned the case till Aug.6 for mention.

Jonathan, Obasanjo, Babangida, govs in crucial meeting

President Goodluck Jonathan is currently presiding over a meeting of the Council of State at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The meeting which started at about 11:40am had in attendance Vice President Namadi Sambo; President of the Senate, David Mark; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal; former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former President Shehu Shagari and former Head of the Interim National Government, Ernest Shonekan.

Others are former military Heads of State, Yakubu Gowon; Abdusalam Abubakar and Ibrahim Babangida as well as some former Chief Justices of Nigeria and state governors.

Service Chiefs including the Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Abubakar are waiting in the tea room of the Council Chamber venue of the meeting to brief them on security situation in the country.

Embattled Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, is making a surprise appearance at the meeting.

Nyako is currently in the eye of the storm as the state House of Assembly has commenced impeachment process against him and his deputy, James Ngilari.

The meeting is still ongoing at the time of filing this report. (Punch)

Kendall Jenner Tries to Nap, Show More Skin

Kendall Jenner may have been barred from Jada Pinkett Smith's house for rudeness, but at least she still has a comfortable place to sleep.
The 18-year old Keeping Up with the Kardashians star has snapped yet another intimate picture of herself, this time letting fans in on an afternoon nap.
Or an attempted afternoon nap, we should say.

"Can the people next door be quiet?" Kendall wrote as a caption on Instagram. "My freckles are trying to take a nap."
Seriously, folks! As if the Kardashians don't already have enough serious problems to deal with.
Jenner is in Paris for Fashion Week, though she’s keeping her actual role in that annual event a secret at the moment.
She spent holiday weekend including alongside Scott Disick in a boat and hanging several new friends, including sister Kylie Jenner.
Also, let's be honest: the above photo is pretty tame. Kendall Jenner has posted much worse online...

Elephant Rescued from Tortured Captivity in India, Cries Tears of Joy

As we've learned in the past, it doesn't get much sadder than seeing an elephant cry.

Unless that elephant just got set free after 50 years of painful captivity.

Such is the case for Raju, an animal who had been held in spiked chains, often beaten or otherwise abused until the organization Wildlife SOS conducted a midnight rescue mission to save the elephant from the Uttar Pradesh area in India.

In darkness on July 4, a group of veterinarians and wildlife experts freed Raju from his horrible existence, watching in awe and heartbreak as the creature cried tears of joy at the scene.

Raju the Elephant

Raju is now free. This poor elephant was held captive and tortured for over five decades.

"Raju has spent the past 50 years living a pitiful existence in chains 24 hours a day, an act of intolerable cruelty," Wildlife SOS spokesperson Pooja Binepal said. "The team were astounded to see tears roll down his face during the rescue. It was so incredibly emotional for all of us. We knew in our hearts he realized he was being freed."

Binepal believes Raju had been poached as a young calf and sold as a tourist attraction.

He lived without regular shelter, only eating what pedestrians passing by would give him.

"The chains around his legs had spikes which were cutting into his flesh - and each time he moved pus would ooze out of wounds. Pain and brutality were all he knew. His cruel handler even tore out the hair from his tail to sell as good luck charms," Binepal says. "The exploitation and abuse just had to stop."

Wildlife SOS brought Raju 350 miles away to the charity's Elephant Conservation and Care Centre at Mathura.

He was fed there, given a bath and he now “knows what freedom is,” Pooja says. “He will learn what kindness feels like and what it's like to not suffer any more."

Once Raju is rehabilitated, he will join two other elephants the charity has saved, living out his days in peace and happiness.

Says Binepal: "We all had tears in our eyes as the last rope, which held the final spike, was cut - and Raju took his first steps of freedom."